Fan and cone-tray.



H. F SMITH. FAN AND CONE TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED IULY 15,1915- Patented June 13, 1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed July 15, law. Serial No. caoee.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY F. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing. at Easton, in the county of Northampton and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fansand Cone-Trays; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use thesame.

While this invention is primarily intended for an advertising novelty,in the condition in which it is given away it relates to toilet fans,and in the condition to which it is altered and the use to which it isput by the recipient it relates-to trays for carrying long narrowarticles and especially icecream cones. From this statement it may begathered that the purpose ofthis invention is to produce a cheap andattractive novelty for a retailer as for'instance the proprietor of aSoda fountain or summer garden where ice-cream cones are sold, bearm .onit his advertisement directions for using the device, and possibl othermatter such. as a list of his soda v0rs,.creams andices, etc.allprinting being. omitted from the drawings and the following speci--fication,- as the purchaser is at liberty to order such printing as hemay desire. The specific use of the device will be morefully explainedbelow. In structure it is'initia'lly a fan, and as such it must have ablade and a handle; but as'it subsequently becomes a tray fortransporting ice-cream cones through the streeet, it is desirablethat"it have a cover for such cones so as to protect them from dust. J

The device may be madein a variety of ways,;some .of which are describedbelow and illustrated in the accompanying drawf,

ings, whenein:--

Figure 1 is a perspective view of this novelty when used as a tray forcarrying an'ice-cream cone. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section showing thecover sheet in full lines as *attachedht its free endtol the handle, andin dotted lines as having been detached therefrom and raised as shown infull lines in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a .bottom-plan view of one type ofthisinvention whose handle is of wire oontmued into a trame surrounding andsupporting the blade, and the latter in this instance has a number ofholeswhich,

are closed in various Ways as will be de- The essential features of, afan are a blade- I this wire can be scribed. Fig; 4 is a cross sectionon line 4-4 of Fig. 3. a t

and a handle. While the meaning of the latter term is clear, the termblade as'used. Y herein is intended to differentiate from the blade of aknife or oar. It will be found from the description that the blade ofthis novelty has holes through it which are by preference initiallyclosed,'bnt even if they should all be open their aggregate area isconsiderably less than the .area of the remaining portion of the blade,and for this reason the term blade,is intended to differentiate from thesimilar part of a tennis racket, a fly swatter, etc. In other words, theblade of this device when its holes are closed is much like 'the bladeofan ordinary fan and must have suflicient rigidity to permit it to beused in the same way,'whereas .of wood,possibly split as at 2 and passedastride the blade and secured thereto by any suitable means such astacks 3. The handle .4 in Fig. 3 is made of two stretches of wire coiledtogether, diverging from each other at the point 5 and carriedcompletely around the blade seasto form a frame 6; and at a point orpoints within the frame ormed into reinforeing rings 7 for use asdescribed below. I reserve the widest latitude as to the construction ofthe handle but prefer that it be light and cheap, while sufiicientlystout to support the device when used as a tray and loaded to itscapacity. I

The blade 10 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is a piece of stout cardboardor's'imilar stifi sheet material which as already suggested may befastened within or to the handle 1 by tacks 3 or the likely, The blade11 shown 0 in Figs. 3 and 4 is also of tough sheet 'ma- .terial such asheavy pa 'er, although in this Cease it may not have t e stiffness ofcardboard because itsedges 12' are carried over and around the frame 6and pasted to the 9 body underneath as at 13 or stitched. as at. 14 inFig. 4. In any type of my invention the blade is provided with a numberof three holes at each side of a central longitudinal line, and a singlehole through said line near the outer end of the blade. but the numberand disposition of the holes is entirely amatter of choice, and ,in factif the device is small its blade may have but a single hole.

All the holes are by preference initially closed so that when thenovelty is given away it is at first a fan, but here again it is quitepossible to depart from this suggestion and leavesome of the holes open,especially where the blade is large -enough to have several, because inany case it is my intention that the aggregate area of the holes shallbe less than theremaining portion of the blade. The closures for theholes are omitted from Figs. 1 and 2. In Fig. 3

the heavy paper constituting the blade 11 7 passes directly over thering 7 and itself constitutes the closure for the hole which said ringdefines. The paperll (or it might be the cardboard 10) is shown at 18 asscored on a circle so that the closure definedby this circle may bepunched'out by hand. The material of. the blade is shown at 19 and 20 ascut on two approximate semicircles whose extremities are separatedslightly soas to leave tongues 21 which retain the inclosed closure ordisk 22, normally in place, but the latter may be removed by breakingthe tongues. The hole indicated at 23 is shown as covered by a pieceof'thin paper 24 which may be pasted orotherwise attached to theblade 11,and when this hole is to be used the paper is punched out as shown at25. The disk-like closure 26 within the hole indicated at 27 is shown asheld therein by a strip of paper 28 extending across and pasted to thedisk and with its extremities pasted to the blade, and to re-' move thisclosure the strip is torn off. These are but a few of various meanswhich may be employed for covering the holes or hold- 1ng theirclosuresremovably in place, but.

' in any event the fastening means should be sufficiently strong towithstand the resistance of air when the device is waved back stated,and as the user will doubtless carry these wet cones from the point of?urchase and forthin its use as a fan, while yet being sufficiently weakto be easily broken, torn,

or ruptured by the operator, without the use of tools.

This novelty eventually becomes a tray for carrying ice-cream cones asalready to his or her home it becomes de'si ble to cover them over whilein transit soas to protect them from dust. To this end I employ a coversheet shown at 30 in Fig. 1, and which may well be a piece of waxpaperor the like passed over the outer end of the blade at 31 andsecured beneath the end possibly held initially under the heads of thetacks 3; and when the sheet is to be used it could be torn off saidtacks and raised'as indicated in dotted lines at 30".

The specific use of this sheet is as a cover 'for the open upper end ofthe cones as shown in Fig. 1, and its free inner end may well be heldfrom blowing'out of place by pressing it down onto the handle 1 with thethumb.

This device is given away by the dealer as a novelty, and in use therecipient employs it initially as a fan and will be attracted bythemechanism and instructions so that any advertising printed upon thenovelty will catch the eye. Assuming that two or three ice-cream conesare bought, the cover is raised (.if the device have a cover) and thisexposes the holes 15 if they are open, and if they are the cover willserve as their closure. But if the holes are closed in any of thevarious ways shown in Fig. 3, the user then removes the closure in themanner already set.

forth; The tip of the cone is then passed down through the hole untilits body comes to rest therein, and if the hole happened'to bereinforced by a ring 7 it is guite obvious that the moisture of thecream upon the cone will not affect the paper blade 11 so that it wouldtear undesirably and drop the cone in transit. Reaching home, the conesare removed, and yet the device is serviceable as a ,fanby laying thecover along the blade to close its holes, or itis serviceable as a faneven if it have no cover because the holes occupy the 'minor area of theblade.

For these various reasons it will be seen that this novelty isattractive and interesting it finds its use in warm weather either 'as afan or a tray for ice-cream cones and as either it is serviceable as aprice list for" cooling drinks and cream, and after the recipient hascarried it home as a tray it is still useful as afan, and of course itretains the advertising as long as it lasts.

What I claim is:

'1. A device for use as herein described, the same. comprising a handle,a-frame carried by the handle, a sheet stretched over and secured tosald frame and provided with holes of a shape and size to receiveicecream cones, removable closures for said holes, and a cover' sheetsecured at one end ,to the frame and of a length to extend (giver.

the same.

2. The herein described fan having a bandle, a stifi' blade providedwith a round hole of a size to receive and support an ice=cream cone, aclosure for said hole, retaining means capable of rupture for holdingthe closure in position, and a cover sheet of wax paper secured at oneend to the'outer end of the blade and of a length sufiicient to extendcompletely over the blade and onto the handle.

3. A device for use as herein described, the same comprising a handle, aWire frame connected With the handle and bent into a ring inclosedwithin the frame and of a size to receive and support an ice-cream cone,a' sheet of material capable of being ruptured stretched over the frameand ring and secured around its edges to the former, and a cover sheetsecured at one end to the frame and of a length to extend over the same.

4. A device for use as herein described, the same comprising a handle, aframe carried by the handle, a sheet stretched over and secured to saidframe and provided with holes of a shape and size to receive icecreamcones, and removable closures for said holes.

5. A device for use as herein described,

6. In a device for the purpose herein set forth, the combination with ahandle, and a stiff blade having a hole; of a cover sheet secured at oneend to the blade and of a length to extend over the same.

'7. In a device for the purpose herein set forth, the combination-with ahandle, and a stiff blade having a hole; of a cover sheet of wax papersecured at one end to the outer end of the blade and of a lengthsuflicient to extend completely over the blade and onto the handle.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY F. SMITH.

Witnesses:

CHAS. B. BRUNNER, HARRY P. BRUCE.

